Fires flare up again in Akkar
Fires that had broken out last Sunday in the Safinet al-Qaitaa forests in Akkar flared up again on Saturday, our correspondent in northern Lebanon, Michel Hallak, reports. Last Sunday, a...
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Haykal: The military units deployed in the South are carrying out extremely sensitive missions
Lebanese Army Commander, General Rodolph Haykal, said Saturday that troops deployed in southern Lebanon are “carrying out extremely sensitive missions,” as the army has been tasked by the...
13 September 2025
Geagea: A new state is in the making, carrying the seeds of a promising future
The head of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, stated that "a new state is in the making, carrying the seeds of a promising future," during his party’s annual dinner in Jezzine, South Lebanon....
13 September 2025
The political system in exchange for weapons: Hezbollah’s new equation?
For Hezbollah, the bazaar is officially open. A little over a month after the government’s decision to grant the monopoly on weapons exclusively to the State, the party has just taken a new step by...
Yara ABI AKL, 13 September 2025
Syrian forces fire at drone near the Lebanese border
On the night of Friday to Saturday, Syrian air defenses fired at a drone flying at medium altitude over the Syrian side of the Nahr al-Kabir River, which separates Lebanon and Syria at several...
13 September 2025
The Ministry of Finance has appointed Lazard to assess the sustainability of the debt
Five years after its first unsuccessful attempt to advise the Diab government (followed by another in 2022), Lazard is returning to the Lebanese scene: the Ministry of Finance has once again tasked...
Mounir YOUNES, 13 September 2025
The Charlie Kirk killer, a bright but rather solitary former high school student
How Tyler Robinson, a bright high school student raised in the Mormon faith by Republican parents, could have drifted to the point of killing right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk? The question is...
13 September 2025
Arab and Muslim leaders in Qatar on Monday to condemn the Israeli attack
Qatar will host on Monday a summit of Arab and Muslim countries to express their “rejection” of the Israeli attack targeting Hamas officials in the Qatari capital, and their solidarity with Doha,...
13 September 2025
Art under surveillance and activism under fire | Day two of discussions at the L'Orient-Le Jour festival
20:11 Beirut Time Before we leave you, here’s tomorrow’s program — because our festival goes on! ⏰ 3 p.m. – Opening 🌳 Come enjoy the Hippodrome, discover our exhibition...
Emily CARPENTER, 13 September 2025
Salam welcomes the adoption of the ‘New York Declaration,’ which supports a future Palestinian state without Hamas
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam welcomed on Saturday the “New York Declaration,” adopted the previous day by a large majority at the UN General Assembly, aimed at giving new momentum to the...
13 September 2025
Lebanese navy stops 'Hawk III' vessel from illegally leaving territorial waters
BEIRUT — A navy patrol prevented the Hawk III vessel from illegally leaving Lebanese territorial waters on Friday night and arrested 22 people on board, the army said in a statement released on...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 September 2025
Joseph Aoun pays tribute to Bashir Gemayel on the anniversary of his assassination
Lebanese head of state Joseph Aoun paid tribute on Saturday on X to President Bachir Gemayel, on the anniversary of his assassination on Sep. 14, 1982. “The principles for which he sacrificed...
13 September 2025
The disarmament of Palestinian camps continues in Beddawi and Ain al-Hilweh
The disarmament of Palestinian camps, which began in August in Lebanon, continued on Saturday morning in the Beddawi camp in the North and the Ain al-Hilweh camp at the entrance of the southern...
13 September 2025
L'Orient-Le Jour festival: Saturday's program
3 p.m. – Opening Come enjoy the Hippodrome and explore all our activities: ‘L’Orient-Le Siècle’ exhibition featuring 100 years of front pages, dining and relaxation areas, children’s activities...
L'Orient Today staff, 13 September 2025
‘All of Gaza City considered a dangerous combat zone,’ warns Israeli army| LIVE
19:22 Beirut Time Hundreds protest Gaza humanitarian crisis in Tel Aviv Hundreds of people gathered at Charles Clore Park in Tel Aviv to protest the heavy civilian toll in Gaza, as...
L’Orient Today staff, 13 September 2025
Syria discussing a security agreement with Israel, says al-Sharaa
Interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Friday that Syria is holding negotiations with Israel to reach a security agreement that would allow Israel to withdraw from areas it has occupied...
13 September 2025
The UN General Assembly supports a future Palestinian state, without Hamas
Much to the dismay of Israel and the United States, the U.N. General Assembly on Friday adopted by a large majority the “New York Declaration,” aimed at reviving the two-state solution — Israeli...
